Abstract:

Climate change is threatening the safety, security, health and well-being of all people, communities and countries around the world. However, the impacts of climate change are not felt equally; they vary across different regions, generations, ages, classes, income groups, occupations and genders. Vulnerability to climate change often intersects with — and sometimes exacerbates — existing vulnerabilities and inequalities, acting as compounding factors and causing disproportionate impacts on societies’ most vulnerable and disenfranchised populations (Allen et al., 2018). Due to pervasive gender-based biases, discriminations and other barriers, women and men experience the impacts of climate change differently and are in different positions to contribute to tackling the climate crisis (IPCC, 2014; UNFCCC, 2019a).